Connected Living for Positive Ageing

2017 ◽  
pp. 203-223
Author(s):  
Helen Hasan ◽  
Henry Linger
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Older Person ◽  
The Social ◽  
Individualized Approach ◽  
Positive Ageing ◽  
Social Use ◽  
Ongoing Support ◽  
Detrimental Impact

This chapter proposes that social use of digital technologies can play a useful role in meeting the social and economic challenges posed by the ageing populations in developed countries. Many citizens become increasingly isolated as they age and this has a detrimental impact on their wellbeing. The authors present research which shows how, with suitable devices and ongoing support, older people can develop the digital capability to remain connected to family and community. They can also engaged in activities that give meaning to their lives. The research shows the importance of taking an individualized approach to meeting the needs of each older person who is motivated to learn and of making this learning fun. It also demonstrates how mastering just one or two digital applications can not only enhance social wellbeing but also enable citizens to have more control of their lives and be less of a burden on others.

Foot problems

2017 ◽  
pp. 585-590
Author(s):  
Hylton B. Menz
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Older People ◽  
Weight Bearing ◽  
Older Person ◽  
Vascular Disorders ◽  
Foot Problems ◽  
Detrimental Impact

Foot problems affect one in four people aged over 65 years and have a major detrimental impact on mobility and quality of life. With advancing age, the foot undergoes several cutaneous, vascular, neurological, and musculoskeletal changes, all of which may impair this important weight bearing function and predispose the older person to the development of foot symptoms. This chapter provides an overview of the prevalence and impact of foot problems in older people, and briefly discusses the management of common foot problems in older people including skin and nail disorders, vascular disorders, and structural deformities. The important role of footwear in the management of foot problems is also highlighted.

Music participation for older people: Five choirs in Victoria, Australia

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawn Joseph ◽  
Jane Southcott
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Community Diversity ◽  
Music Participation ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The Social ◽  
Musical Engagement ◽  
Community Singing ◽  
Positive Ageing

In Australia and across the globe music participation by older people active in the community has the potential to enhance quality of life. A recent review of the literature found clear evidence of numerous benefits from participation in active music making that encompass the social, physical and psychological. This article reports on five phenomenological case studies of community singing groups comprised of older people active in the community in Melbourne, Victoria. These studies are part of a research project, Well-being and Ageing: Community, Diversity and the Arts in Victoria that began in 2008. Interview data were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis and are reported under three overarching themes: Social connection, A sense of well-being, and Musical engagement. For older people in these studies singing in community choirs offered opportunities for social cohesion, positive ageing, and music learning that provided a sense of personal and group fulfilment, community engagement and resilience.

scholarly journals An Investigation of the Social and Academic Uses of Digital Technology by University Students

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
Eliana Gallardo Echenique
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
First Generation ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Net Generation ◽  
The Social

In most developed countries university students use digital technologies and the Internet in all facets of their daily life. These students represent the first generation to grow up with this new technology and have been given various names that emphasize its affinity and tendency to use digital technology such as digital natives, Net generation and Millennials. Given the lack of empirical support for the notion of a “digital generation”, this study presents a different perspective of what these learners think about their use of digital technologies for academic and social purposes and how they feel about the “Digital Native Generation” phenomenon. This study examines this issue in depth to gain an understanding of what the growing use of new digital technologies means for teaching and learning in higher education.

Ageing and Imagined Community: Some Cultural Constructions and Reconstructions

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Conway
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Consumer Culture ◽  
Social Meaning ◽  
Imagined Community ◽  
Old People ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Positive Ageing ◽  
Popular Images ◽  
Cultural Constructions

This paper develops Anderson's (1983) concept of ‘imagined community’ to explore the social meaning of popular images of ageing and the beliefs of older people. Popular iconography and texts are examined in relation to the representation of ‘normal’ or ‘positive’ ageing in areas including the marketing of seaside towns as places for retirement through the emphasis upon heritage, British holiday brochures for old people, lifestyle magazines, and the general sites of death, dying, funerals and bereavement ‘therapy’. These are seen as prescriptive representations that are sanitised and fictional. Emphasising communalism and homogeneity, they ignore the realities of history, and the differences and inequalities to be found amongst the old as a social group. This ‘vocabulary of motive’ (Mills 1940) of imagined community is found to be predominant within positive images of ageing, especially those found in ‘consumer culture’. The paper also considers how ageing can become a theatre for the interpretation and performance of imagined community in autobiographical context.

Social and physical effects of an original pedometer/communication app on older males: a controlled before-and-after trial using a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroki Abe ◽  
Tamotsu Kamishima ◽  
Ryoji Ojima ◽  
Ryuta Onishi ◽  
Michiyo Hirano
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Target Number ◽  
The Social ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods ◽  
Older Males

BACKGROUND As the international birthrate is decreasing and the aging population is increasing, rejuvenation in older adults is required, especially in developed countries. Therefore, older people must act as active social participants to improve their health. With a recent spread of information and communication technology (ICT), older people can use ICT to improve their health and interact with others, and ICT can promote the social participation of older people. However, owing to its design issues, ICT use is limited among older people. Therefore, it is necessary to develop ICT that is suited to the needs of older people. We developed a communication application, “kikoeru,” based on the needs of older people and verified its physical and social effects. The functions of the app include conversations with voice messages, sharing of photographs, and sharing a pedometer among users. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to clarify the effects of connection, subjective health, loneliness, and motivation to walk using kikoeru. METHODS The subjects were seven men aged 65 years or older who did not receive outpatient treatment for dementia in the community. The study design was a controlled before-and-after trial. The effect of kikoeru was measured using a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods by means of a questionnaire and oral interviews. The survey items consisted of the Ando-Osada-Kodama (AOK) loneliness scale, target steps completed, and a rating of subjective health. In the interview, we asked "Did you feel connected when using the app?" In addition, the usage days of the app were collected from the server. RESULTS Participants used the app for an average of 54.9 days during the 60-day intervention period. The running days when they did not use the app averaged 1.9 days. As a result of the interview, use of the communication app created the following four connections: “Reliance construction,” “Remembering to consider friends ,” “Cognition of friends’ daily life and using it in my life,” and “Taking an interest in friends.”Loneliness improved for four out of seven people, was maintained by three people, and did not get worse for anyone. The target number of steps improved for three out of seven people, was maintained by four people, and did not get worse for anyone. The subjective health feeling improved with a perfect score of 100. The score rose from 63.6 points to 72.9 points after the intervention. CONCLUSIONS Older people experienced a reduction in loneliness after creating connections with their older friends using the functions of ICT communication tools. A competitive spirit that developed through communication using ICT among older males might improve their target number of daily steps and subjective health.

scholarly journals Competence and risk in older adults: A social work perspective

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 15-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Farrelly
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Older People ◽  
Duty Of Care ◽  
Community Settings ◽  
Older Person ◽  
Ethical Guidelines ◽  
Work Involvement ◽  
Decision Making Capacity ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Individual

In more than 15 years of working with older people, in community settings and in health, one of the more common triggers for social work involvement centred around issues of competency – the capacity of the older person to continue to exercise autonomy and self determination in any or all facets of his/her life. Social workers operate within defined ethical guidelines, one of which is to recognise and uphold the dignity of the individual and the individual’s right to autonomy. However, often there is tension between the twin values of upholding this right to autonomy and the duty of care when working with older people where there is a question of impaired cognition and decision-making capacity. This article explores that tension in terms of the social work response.

scholarly journals Digital technologies and development of clusters in the light industry of the PRC

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 00078
Author(s):  
Yuan Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Growth Potential ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Organizational Models ◽  
Light Industry ◽  
Gdp Growth Rate ◽  
The Social ◽  
Textile Sector

China has demonstrated during the last thirty years the highest and the most stable GDP growth rate. It has helped the country become the biggest world exporter and significantly increase the social standard of living. However, the growth potential within the boundaries of engineering capability existing before has its limits and during the next 10-15 years the country will not be able to demonstrate the two-digit growth rate again. The same as the other industrially developed countries China has outlined the national prospects in the sphere of wide use of digital technologies. In this respect the development of textile sector of economics with more than 11 mln. people engaged is of a considerable interest. The article gives analysis to the new trends in industry development and offers new organizational models. It has been shown that in case of implementation of innovative development scenario and wide use of digital technologies the average annual growth rates in the period of 2018-2025 will be by 0.8 – 1.0 percentage points higher than in 2015-2016.

Population Policies in Turkey and Demographic Changes on a Social Map

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mustafa Murat Yucesahin ◽  
Tuğba Adalı ◽  
A Sinan Türkyılmaz
Keyword(s):  
Population Policy ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Demographic Changes ◽  
Demographic Transitions ◽  
Population Policies ◽  
Demographic Indicators ◽  
The Social ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Low Levels

Compared to its past structure, Turkey is now a country with low levels of fertility and mortality. This junction that Turkey now has reached is associated with a number of risks, such as an ageing population, and a decreasing working-age population. The antinatalist policy era of Turkey was followed by a period of maintenance, yet the recent demographic changes formed the basis of a pronatalist population policy from the government’s view. This study discusses the link between demographic change and population policies in Turkey. It further aims to position Turkey spatially in relation to selected countries that are in various stages of their demographic transitions with different population policies, using a multidimensional scaling approach with data on 25 selected countries from the UN. The analysis is based on a 34-year period, 1975-2009, so as to better demonstrate Turkey’s international position on a social map, past and present. Our findings suggest that Turkey’s position on the social map shifted towards developed countries over time in terms of demographic indicators and population policies. 

CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL IDEA OF THE “SOCIAL STATE” IN THE HISTORY OF LEGAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman Fedorov
Keyword(s):  
Political Thought ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
State Structure ◽  
Thomas More ◽  
Social State ◽  
Classical Liberal ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of

The article is devoted to the problem of the social state as one of the fundamental constitutional principles of the state structure of modern developed countries. The course of historical development of philosophical and legal thought on this problem is considered. The idea of a close connection between the concept of the social state and the ideas of utopian socialism of Thomas More and Henri Saint-Simon is put forward. Liberals also made a significant contribution to the development of the idea of the social state, they argued that the ratio of equality and freedom is a key problem for the classical liberal doctrine. It is concluded that the emergence of the theory of the social state for objective reasons was inevitable, since it is due to the historical development of society.

ЦИФРОВАЯ ТРАНСФОРМАЦИЯ ЭКОНОМИКИ РОССИИ:УГРОЗЫ И ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.B. Mikulin ◽  
IU.S. Panov ◽  
L.I. Krugliak
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
The State ◽  
Modern Trend ◽  
State And Society ◽  
Radical Transformation

развитие цифровых технологий сформировало современный тренд к переходу на цифровую экономику для многих развитых государств, что требует кардинального трансформирования многих сфер деятельности государства и обществаthe Development of digital technologies has formed a modern trend towards the transition to a digital economy for many developed countries, which requires a radical transformation of many areas of activity of the state and society.

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